Mar - 18th

Test of WordPress’s Default Slug Redirect: 301 or 302?

Posted at 10:06 am | Filed Under blogthropology, coding, nerdiness, SEO, Wordpress

Just a quick test to see if WordPress by defaults redirects slug changes using a 301 or 302 redirect. The original url for this post is: http://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com/2010/03/18/test-of-wordpress-default-slug-redirect-301-or-302/ and I am going to change it to: http://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com/2010/03/18/wordpress-redirect-302-or-302/ Be Sociable, Share! Tweet

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Mar - 18th

Google’s God Complex [PIC]

Posted at 7:30 am | Filed Under Google, lackofmeds, nerdiness

Based on what Google chose to put in the #1 position for this query, it looks like Google is developing a teensy bit of an overinflated ego:     Megalomania, anyone? Be Sociable, Share! Tweet

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Mar - 13th

The Mahalo Paid Link Evidence Trail

Posted at 5:53 pm | Filed Under blogthropology, Cuttisms, Google, lackofmeds, marketing, scams, SEO

Matt Cutts asked me in a Sphinn comment the following question relating the my post on paid links on Mahalo.com: Be Sociable, Share! Tweet

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Mar - 13th

Stray Leftover Hacked WordPress Database Entry: rzf.php

Posted at 11:27 am | Filed Under coding, how-to, Wordpress

I never use my uploads directory or WordPress’s built in media management here on Smackdown, instead preferring to upload and manually insert the html for images myself in my posts (I know, I am weird that way), but my friend Donna has when she has guest blogged here in the past. I therefore knew that [...]

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Mar - 12th

Jason Calacanis: Screw You Google, Now I’ll Sell Links Too

Posted at 8:45 am | Filed Under Cuttisms, Google, lackofmeds, scams, search engines, SEO, Social Media

By now Google has to be getting more than a little embarrassed about the behavior of Mr. Jason Calacanis and his site, Mahalo.com. Aaron Wall did a very well written piece explaining how Mahalo Makes Black Look White and the spammy techniques they were employing. This isn’t the first time Aaron has blogged about Mahalo [...]

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Mar - 11th

Jason Calacanis’ Backup Plan For Replacing Content: Steal It From Wikipedia

Posted at 1:11 pm | Filed Under blogthropology, Cuttisms, Google, lackofmeds, scams, search engines, SEO, Social Media

/sigh Ok Jason, we get it, you’re desperate. But stealing content from Wikipedia in order to replace what you deleted? Come on! I am flipping through Mahalo.com today, just seeing if Be Sociable, Share! Tweet

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Mar - 10th

Dear Jason Calacanis: This Isn’t An “Absurd Microscope”

Posted at 8:43 am | Filed Under blogthropology, Cuttisms, Google, lackofmeds, nerdiness, scams, SEO

Jason Calacanis replied to my post from yesterday. In it he discusses how he is indeed deleting many of the spammy pages that I had pointed out. Some, like the duplicate content doorway pages, he continues to defend. Either way, progress is being made. However, he still kinda kills it by tossing in at the [...]

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Mar - 8th

Mahalo.com: Meet the New Spam, Worse than the Old Spam

Posted at 12:23 pm | Filed Under blogthropology, Cuttisms, Google, lackofmeds, scams, SEO

Last week, after Matt Cutts gave Jason Calacanis a warning about Mahalo.com’s spammier pages (and probably a few stern looks as well), Jason changed a few items. He had them rename their spambot from “searchclick” to “stub”, thinking a less obvious name would throw off anyone looking into the spam situation. Very briefly they added [...]

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Mar - 8th

Jason Calacanis Makes Matt Cutts A Liar

Posted at 8:45 am | Filed Under blogthropology, Cuttisms, Google, lackofmeds, scams, SEO

Last week at SMX West, during the Ask The Search Engines panel, moderator Danny Sullivan asked Matt Cutts why he didn’t ban Mahalo.com for spamming Google. Matt stated that he had talked to Jason Calacanis, Mahalo.com CEO, about the issues, and warned him that Google might “take action” if Jason didn’t make some changes to [...]

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Mar - 5th

How NOT To Test If You Are Neo From The Matrix

Posted at 2:21 pm | Filed Under blogthropology, lackofmeds, WTF

Yesterday there was a tragic incident involving a lone gunman attacking the U.S. Pentagon. According to reports, the man intended to carry out this attack with 2 handguns and “many magazines” of ammunition. It probably would have worked, too, except Be Sociable, Share! Tweet

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